Councilwoman Claiming Blacks Are Being “Rounded Up And Executed” Storms Out Of Meeting

Councilwoman Anastasia Robertson stormed out of a meeting late yesterday evening, shortly after apologizing for her racially acidic comments regarding the shooting in Ferguson. Robertson had been criticized by many of her own constituents after posting comments online that claimed the shooting in Ferguson shows that the federal government is going to “round up and execute” blacks, consistently typed the word “AmeriKKKA,” and claimed that African-Americans were being exterminated as a people.

Robertson said her point of view may have been to blame for the outrageous comments.

“I’m an African-American, my experience may be very different than some people,” she said.

She also repeated what appears to be a coordinated defense of her actions, saying she did not make the remarks in the same capacity as her role on the council, or as a school teacher for that matter.

Robertson said she was speaking as an individual and not as a member of the Troy City Council.

Several of her defenders have contacted us here at the Mental Recession and made the same ridiculous excuse. Council President Rodney Wiltshire told the Union that elected officials have to take into account their actions at all times. He stated, “You’re always going to be held to a higher standard than a regular citizen.”

Except, that response is the exact opposite of what Wiltshire offered when we inquired about a possible reprimand for Councilwoman Robertson.

He echoed Robertson in saying, “This appears to be a personal statement and not something that she is making as a councilperson.”

Councilman James Gordon took to Facebook to argue against the ‘she was off duty’ defense.

… when I swore the oath of office as council member it was a “badge” that I swore to wear until December 31, 2015. It never comes off at anytime.

One has to wonder if Wiltshire and the Democrats, including Troy Mayor Lou Roasmilia, would offer the same defense to a white police officer who, while out of uniform and off duty, posted comments in support of the KKK and saying African-Americans should be rounded up.

But the sparks really began flying at the Council meeting when the president of Troy’s Police Benevolent Association accused Robertson of trying to provoke police officers into a physical altercation, providing a recollection of a specific incident.

In his first public appearance since becoming president of the Police Benevolent Association, Sgt. Tom Hoffman called on the Ethics Committee to investigate, and possibly remove, Councilwoman Anastasia Robertson, D-District 2, for trying to incite white police officers into becoming physical with a group of blacks.

Hoffman explained that officers on patrol came across a domestic dispute that ultimately led to one participant remaining behind. She was black. He said that several people gathered around with their cellphones “in the face of police officers,” trying to goad them into a response. One of those people was Councilwoman Robertson.

Hoffman claimed Robertson told one of the police officers that “This is why the black community doesn’t respect the police. You only go after black people.”

After the stunning accusation, Robertson walked out of the meeting…

Hoffman planned to file a request for the city’s Ethics Commission to investigate Councilwoman Robertson’s actions during that police/community altercation.

Amazingly, Robertson not only serves as an elected official to the Troy City Council, but she is a member of the Public Safety Committee. In theory, she represents the city’s police force.

Should somebody entrusted with Public Safety be spouting off about the police “exterminating” black people, calling America the KKK, threatening a race war, and trying to instigate a racial incident with the police force she represents?

Again, we have to ask the Troy City Council, do you support Ms. Robertson’s position or will you ask her to resign in light of these remarks?

About the AuthorRusty Weiss

Rusty Weiss is a freelance journalist focusing on the conservative movement and its political agenda. He has been writing conservatively charged articles for several years in the upstate New York area, and his writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, American Thinker, FoxNews.com, Big Government, the Times Union, and the Troy Record. He is also Editor of one of the top conservative blogs of 2012, the Mental Recession.